Transporting construction materials and agricultural goods from the Spalding area, north of Adelaide, to destinations all over South Australia and the Northern Territory will now be safer and easier thanks to the recently completed replacement of the Broughton Valley Road Bridge at Broughton River Valley. Federal Member for Grey, Rowan Ramsey, said the new bridge’s […]
An online resource for farmers in drought is set to continue and Federal Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey has welcomed the news. “Agriculture Minister David Littleproud has just announced FarmHub, an online resource enabling farmers to have a single and straightforward place to find out what drought assistance is available to them,” Mr Ramsey said. […]
Balaklava local, Tom Lloyd, has been doing the FIFO (fly in fly out) thing for a few years now. At present, he is working at the Mt Cuthbert copper mine in north Queensland about 140km from Cloncurry. Lately it’s been a damn hot place to work. This all changed about the middle of last week […]
The full board of the Murray Darling Association met last week as part of a three-day meeting of local government leaders from across the Murray Darling Basin. Included in the program was a briefing from the acting chair of the Murray Darling Basin authority Ms Joanna Hewitt AO and CEO Phillip Glyde on current conditions […]
Hello and happy new year to everyone, and another season is quickly approaching. Last year was very much a year that was sporadic at best, and extremely dry at worst. The months it did rain were few and far between, with the dry front half of the year not seeing much improvement in the second […]
The Murray-Darling Basin Economic Development Program was launched last Thursday, providing up to $20 million over four years to support Murray-Darling Basin communities most impacted by water recovery. Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources David Littleproud said the funding is to help create sustainable long-term jobs in communities where water recovery has hit hard. […]
Vintage 2019 has kicked off in the Clare Valley with the first, early ripening varieties of wine grapes already in the bin. Vintage began at Taylors Wines yesterday morning (Tuesday, February 5) and viticulturist Ben Mitchell said the very early ripening Pinot Noir variety – not commonly grown throughout the Clare Valley – was the […]
Last week’s rain brought an increased threat of disease in vines across the Clare Valley, but grapegrowers say the moisture will be mostly beneficial leading into the growing season. Ahead of the rain, downy mildew warnings were issued by the Bureau of Meteorology, and the likelihood of powdery mildew and botrytis are also of concern […]
Mallala farmer, Roger Davies, had a rat problem. He recently managed to shoot 16 in his barn, and the following day, dispatched three more. But it was with great satisfaction he told me he followed that up by drowning six juveniles and 14 adults he found housed in an old bag filler. It was full […]
Federal Member for Grey, Rowan Ramsey, said the announcement by the Australian Banking Association of assistance for farmers in South Australian facing drought is great news. “My attention was drawn to the issue of South Australian farmers not being able to access the same assistance from banks as drought-affected farmers in other states when I […]
